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Legislative Theatre Workshop and Performance Addressing Issues of Gun Violence and the Second Amendment

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Amendment to Amendment/(under)stand your ground, led by artist Pedro Reyes and USF Theatre Professor Dora Arreola, employs the methods of Legislative Theatre to resolve conflict by using real-life scenarios to create innovative ideas on how laws can be modified in order to promote a more just society.

Open to students interested in performance, activism, social engagement and collaborative interaction. Workshop is limited to 25 participants and will be filmed for documentation and future use by the artist and USFCAM.

Workshop & Performance Schedule
(subject to change)

Thursday, January 9, 2014 - Interviews of potential participants, 7–10pm TAR 130
Saturday, January 18, 2014 - Workshop 12-3pm USF TAR
Sunday, January 19, 2014 - Workshop 12-6pm with 1 hour break USF TAR
Monday January 20, 2014 - MLK Holiday
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - Workshop 6-9pm USF TAR Theatre 2
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - Workshop 6-9pm USF TAR Theatre 2
Thursday, January 23, 2014 - Legislative Theatre and Musical Performance Theatre 2

Please contact Sarah Howard, Curator of Public Art & Social Practice, for additional information on how to participate: showard[AT]usf.edu or 813-974-2203
Los Carpinteros, Transportable City, 2000

CAM@25 OPENING EVENTS:

CAM@25 Symposium
January 17, 10am–12pm
Barness Hall, USF School of Music / MUS
Participants include artists Los Carpinteros (Marco Castillo, Dagoberto Rodríguez) and Alexandre Arrechea, Pedro Reyes and Janaina Tschäpe; moderated by USFCAM curator Noel Smith.

CAM@25 Opening Reception
January 17, 7–9pm
USF Contemporary Art Museum / CAM
Join the artists to celebrate the first 25 years of the USF Contemporary Art Museum.

All CAM and Graphicstudio events are FREE unless otherwise noted.

 

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